Windows 11 22H2 upgrade breaks "Run whether user is logged on or not" scheduled tasks

"You do not have Manage Auditing rights" is a different error than "Access Denied" so you might be making progress.

First, If you have UAC Enabled, turn it off fully to see if that's your issue:

reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Now, if you're running RoboCopy with /COPYALL, change it to /DATSO to skip audit rights.

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Add the necessary rights for the user in gpedit.msc:

> Computer > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User rights > Manage auditing and security log

I went ahead and set run task when user is logged in as the domain admin, highest privileges. Robocopy log reports error, you do not have Manage Auditing rights. This is the domain admin profile that has full access to the folders and files.

As I mentioned, script works fine when run manually copying everything with correct permissions.

If the script is executed manually

Assume "log on as batch job" is set in secpol, "start in" is a folder that the user can read/write, and the script works fine from a command prompt, but does the scheduled task with "Run whether user is logged on or not" run when kicked-off manually in the task scheduler?

If not, does the task run if setting trigger to "At Log On", then assign the user running the task, and set "Run only when this user is logged-on" and see if that kicks off when you log in? This does not solve your issue but may be interesting to know if that at least works.

You may also want to run your script on a physical machine outside of your existing set-up, just to be sure nothing crazy is going on with virtualization.

I went ahead and wiped a laptop, installed the latest version of windows 11 22H2 and set task manager to run my Robocopy script. Task fails access denied error and the task never stops running. This script is used to copy data across network shares using the domain admin profile.

If the script is executed manually, it runs fine and copies all the files correctly across network shares.

I have the same task and Robocopy script running on some windows 11 21H2 and windows 10 21H2 boxes. The task and script work fine. I believe it's some kind of security / permission issue in 22H2 that is breaking my process. So, I am still in limbo with this issue and 22H2.

Update regarding Scheduled task. Disabling Credential Guard allowed the scheduled task to run One time successfully, after that, the task continues to run and will not start over again. I've checked if the running tasks does not stop force it to stop and stop the task if it runs longer than 2 hours. So, my attempt at fixing this issue has failed. My windows 10 21H2 and windows 11 21H2 boxes are working fine for Task Scheduler and my Robocopy Scripts. I've set those not to allow a feature update for 365 days in group policy. Not sure if Microsoft is going to attempt a fix regarding this.